Powers of 10
May 30, 2005 – 1:09 pmYears ago, I read a book called Powers of Ten, which showed the structure of the physical universe from the subatomic level up to, well, everything, really, in 10X jumps. This map from National Geographic uses the same trick to go from our Solar System to the universe as a whole. I’m now wondering: has anyone ever produced anything similar for computer hardware, going from transistors to VLSI to chips on a board and on up to the Internet as a whole? It’d be cool artwork to hang on a wall…
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Saw this video when I visited the David Dunlap Observatory.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8095482682672703968&q=powers+of+ten
Ian Shelton kept many people interested as we waited for the clouds to clear. He did not mention that he had discovered one of the most studied supernovas, 1987A. A picture of his find is also on the wall at U of T Scar.
By Shahan on Aug 27, 2006